“They told me stories about how kids, there was a kid who didn't have enough money to pay for school lunch or pay for the pizza, and they were able to pull it from the fund and they're able to have pizza at school that day. It was amazing, and I'm really happy,” said Strickland.
“This is a huge problem,” said Strickland. “The fact that kids aren't going to be able to eat, that's a problem.”Strickland credits his mother, Sharron Prather , with instilling a giving spirit from a young age. Strickland said he contacted nearby Parkway C-2 School District to find out how to expunge their school lunch debts. He was shocked when he said the district told him their negative balance was over $50,000. This opened Strickland’s eyes up to what he saw as a“It's crazy, because a lot of other schools in like different countries or anything, they don't have a problem with negative lunch balances, cause it's free.